Flash CS4 Professional is a tool for creating Flash Applications. It is part of the Adobe Creative Suite 4.
Questions tagged [flash-cs4]
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Documentation for Adobe Flash CS4?
Adobe Flash CS4 contains no documentation at all; it simply redirects to the online docs. Since I own the older Flash CS3 I was wondering if I could use the older HTML files with the newer IDE, by changing some XML file within the Flash CS4…

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AS3 MOUSE_OVER problems due to movieclip overlap
I am working on something that has a lot of different buttons on the screen. The buttons need to be made using movieclips, not actual "buttons".
I'm using Flash CS4 and ActionScript 3.
I have created a glow effect around the button on mouseover.…

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Alternative for getDefinitionByName
In the past, there was a simple trick, to include the flex mxmlc module by adding the following line to the flash-cs4 makefile:
-include-libraries “/absolute/path/to/my/assets/assets.swc”
This gave you the ability to use getDefinitionByName, an…

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How to resize dynamically loaded image into flash (as3)
Am struggling to find the right as3 code to resize an image once it is dynamically called into the stage and placed in a MC.
I am loading using:
var myLoader :Loader = new Loader();
mc.addChild(myLoader);
var url :URLRequest = new…

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Render each frame as a single image
Just curious, can flash take each frame and export it out as a image ? In my case, I want to create sprite images for a flashdevelop project using blitting. Of course I know there is a solution for this. like copy and paste each shape into a image…

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Change output language in Flash CS4?
I'm using Flash CS4 and almost everything is in english, except for errors in Output window...
Like:
ArgumentError: Error #2180: É ilegal mover o conteúdo AVM1 (AS1 ou AS2) para outra parte de displayList quando ele tiver sido carregado para o…

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Determine when Flash component not visible
I'm playing around with streaming live video to the Flash Player. The problem is, it seems (from my logs) that many users will open a live video feed and then just leave it open all day, whether or not they are actually watching it.
As you can…

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Setting the font name and size in AS3 List control (flash.controls.List)
Using CS4, how do I set the font of a List control? I tried this:
var myFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
myFormat.font = config.settings["list font name"];
myFormat.size = Number(config.settings["list font size"]);
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Is this a bug with AS3 conditional compilation?
In our code I have the following, for now please ignore the //* bits;
if (data["someKey"] != null)//*
{
CONSOLE_OUT.info("Print some stuff.");
TARGET::myTarget
{
var someString:String = data["someKey"] as String;//*
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Flash AS3 loading best practices
I am creating an interactive flash application where I need to use many sound files and images. I am currently loading resources (both images and sound files) as I need them. When I run it on my computer everything works fine and I see no delay. …

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Adobe Flash CS5 loses session on every request on Mac
I just transferred my project from PC to Mac and the first request is login.
Every other requests require login.
On PC login and session is ok, on Mac in browser everything is ok, but on Mac in FlashPro when I test my swf the session is lost right…

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Adobe Flash cs4 rotation math
i am currently having trouble with my object rotating to face another object.currently it works fine as in this picture, my object at the origin will be able to rotate and move to the object in the 3 quadrants except the quadrant with positive…

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Why can't I access a combobox in a callback method in Flash CS4?
Check out this code:
import mx.core.View;
var accordianPane = my_acc.createSegment("mcElectrical", "panel0", "Electrical", "payIcon");
accordianPane.comboBox.addItem("test");
This adds an item with label "test" to a combo box in a movie clip. It…

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How to edit mp3 file that was loaded to flash via fileReference.browse() method?
I wonder how can I work with mp3 that was loaded to to flash via fileReference.browse() method ?
Currently I've created an lash application that can load mp3 file from local hard drive to flash and provide an option to save mp3 file that was loaded…

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Actionscript 3 loading external swf casting issue
I'm having something of an issue with trying to load externally defined classes in actionscript 3.0. I believe this to be an issue with my understanding of the ApplicationDomain / LoaderContext classes, but even after going over the documentation…

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